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Grant Shapps' office under fire over online trickery 'sham' which used models to make Tory activists look 'youthful and in touch with Britain'
Sydney :: Australia | 1 month ago
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13 April 2013 A Conservative website has been caught out using pictures of young models to promote its recruitment campaign for the next general election instead of real Tory activists. The Team 2015 campaign is led by party chairman Grant Shapps,
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Papers discuss Ding Dong decision
Tehrān :: Iran | 1 month ago
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BBC Ding Dong song decision discussed Many of the papers give their opinion of the decision by BBC Radio One to play just a short extract of the song which has been downloaded by thousands of people in a protest against Thatcherism.
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Conservative party chairman Grant Shapps attacked for using his own children in 'bedroom tax' row
London :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
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Conservative party chairman Grant Shapps provoked scorn from Government critics today by using his own children's living arrangements in an attempt to justify the controversial bedroom tax. Mr Shapps said housing benefit claimants should not mind
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New BBC boss prepares for first day
New York :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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Tony Hall prepares for first day Media correspondent Tony Hall takes over as director general of the BBC on Tuesday As Tony Hall arrives back at the BBC, four months after he was appointed and 12 years after he left to become chief executive of the
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VIDEO: Army return to NI streets 'inconceivable'
London :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
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Army on N Ireland streets 'inconceivable' says Villiers 11 March 2013 Last updated at 07:16 ET The idea that British troops will return to the streets of Northern Ireland is "inconceivable", said Theresa Villiers...Speaking ahead of the G8 Conference
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Home repair fund used for demolition
Liverpool :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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Councils use £35.5m repair fund for demolition Radio 4 You and Yours Reporter Under the Pathfinder scheme, areas like Liverpool's Madryn Street were scheduled for demolition Local authorities in England are using government money to knock down
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VIDEO: Shapps responds to by-election result
London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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Eastleigh by-election result 'not terribly surprising' 28 February 2013 Last updated at 22:47 ET Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps has said the result of the Eastleigh by-election was not "terribly surprising" and "it is not like our vote
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Tory chief Grant Shapps defends by-election candidate Maria Hutchings after she says she may send 'gifted' son to private school
London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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17 February 2013 Tory chairman Grant Shapps last night defended the party's by-election candidate after she said she was considering sending her son to private school. And he warned Nick Clegg against trying to exploit the comments by Maria Hutchings
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Labour: 'Bedroom tax' is 'perverse'
New York :: NY :: USA | 3 months ago
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Bedroom tax' plans are 'perverse', says Labour's Stephen Timms The government argues that the changes will lead to fairer allocation of social housing The government's proposed change to housing benefit rules, dubbed the "bedroom tax", is "perverse",
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New policy Ed-ache
London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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Jon Cruddas said simply opposing the Government's plans is no good and fails to offer reasonable hope to ordinary people. The Dagenham MP added: The stakes are high because when hope is not reasonable, despair becomes real. Mr Cruddas said Labour
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